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I need order. I crave it. I go crazy when I don’t have it. I am a professional organizer. I put order to chaos every day for a living. I love it. Its probably a bit of a control thing – the need to prepare myself (or anyone around me) for any potentiality is my religion. I pray to the god of listmaking. I thrive on tools to further organize my world. I’m 43 years old and I know this about myself. I’m a planner, a preparer, an organizer. Want to make me crazy? Then put me in a place where I can’t organize my way out of it.

And that my dear friends is precisely where I am right now. Mid-renovation on an insurance claim. I’m beholden to the schedule of several contractors (and we all know how reliable they can be) and an insurance company (enough said, right?). My house is upside down with boxes all over the place, dust in every crevice and appliances spread willy-nilly throughout my living room. The past month has been a series of plans, then amendments, then cancellations, then new plans, then someone dropping the ball, then disappointment, then freaking out, then yet another new set of plans and so on and so on. It has been a constant re-calibration and its making me crazy.

So much right now is so far out of my control. Add to that the madness that is back to school and the usual September shenanigans as we all clamber back into the swing of non-vacation life. And all I want to do is cry. It probably started with the white chalk debacle of 2015, moved swiftly into summer travel busy-ness and then this piece of sh*t reno situation. The real drag is that we’re not even getting something new and exciting. We’re repairing something that went wrong and its in the whole house, so we’re upside down in every single room.

And here I am, trying to wrestle back some semblance of order and control over what feels like a runaway situation. I can’t seem to get a schedule from anyone or a clear answer on what still has to be done. So all I can do is try and re-establish some organization. If that means scrubbing the toilets to do it, then that’s where I’m at. Cleaning. Scouring away any hint of a manicure while I curse the misogynistic world of construction and quietly try to rinse away any of the bad vibes these dudes have left in my home. As I climbed the counter top to wash the walls and ceilings, wondering what these jokers have in store for us next I realized how smart it would have been to invest in a good pair of rubber gloves.

The cathartic nature of a good solid cleaning session, coupled with a mantra to accept what comes my way is where I’m trying to be. But in the meantime I’ll make sure I have the name of a good lawyer in my back pocket just in case… and a manicure booked for good measure. Wish me luck.

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Oh the weather outside is frightful and the fire is so delightful, but I’m heading out to buy cough syrup and wrapping paper. ‘Tis the season as they say…

Its been a while since my last edition of D-BAD aka Don’t Be A Douche. Today’s post pays tribute (or lack there of) to a number of things that are making life interesting during this most wonderful time of the year.

To The Brand New Zit On My Chin:

Thank you for deciding to appear NOW just in time for the busy holiday social season. You could have had the decency to wait until after New Year’s when social plans will consist of a guaranteed pyjama day? But NOOOO. Why NOW? Could you just work your way out of my system fast? OK? Got that you disgusting blemish – DON’T BE A DOUCHE.

To My Car:

You know I love you and you have been the most reliable bucket of bolts for the past 7 years. Plus you have the best stereo I own. But why won’t you start? What’s the deal? Did I do something wrong? I take you for regular maintenance. I make sure your gas tank is always full. Aside from the odd coffee cup on the floor in the back seat, I take care of you. But, like your pal Zit On My Chin – WHY NOW???? Can’t you see it’s Christmas? Surely you would have some sense of the impending chaos after all the trips to the mall and the amount of times I’ve had to put junk in your trunk (shhhh all you people with dirty minds). I need you now. This is not the time to get bitchy. I love you car, but seriously DON’T BE A DOUCHE. I’m willing to overlook this little indiscretion if the mechanic sees that this is just one of those glitchy little things that’s easy and cheap to fix. But if you’re really going to be temperamental we might need to rethink our relationship.

To The Online Shopping Outlet:

Can we have a heart to heart here? I’m an organized person. A planner some might say. I reached out to you in early December and placed several orders for distribution across the country. I did this in plenty of time so all the packages would arrive well before the big day. However, completely unbeknownst to me, you are struggling with the volume of purchases and seem to be unable to ship items for 7-8 days. So that means the shipping estimate you gave me will take another full week or more than I expected. Now the gifts may not make it in time. In this case, you’ve already been a douche. So thanks for that.

So there you have it. Three current objects of my derision this holiday season. I’m sure you have one or two as well. Thanks for letting me vent.

XO

The R&R Mom

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Jayzus! I am a bad blogger. I can’t even remember the last time I sat down and wrote a post. I’ve been waiting for an inspiring reason to write (read: non-boring reason) but I just can’t seem to come up with anything that I feel is worthwhile. So I guess I’ll write an apology instead.

Sorry.

There, are you happy?

Life just takes over sometimes and kids, career, husband, home maintenance, families and holidays take over my brain power and I simply don’t have the bandwidth to put it all down on paper (ok, laptop). What can I say?

We’re fighting with the people that built our house over deficiencies which is SUPER FUN. And when I say SUPER FUN, I mean in a total nightmare sort of way. The work stuff is crazy as we just completed office renovations and are juggling unpacking and refurnishing with the daily chaos that is what we call in the music business Q4 aka the time when EVERYTHING happens.

The kids are completely obsessed by Halloween. These are the most common phrases heard in our house these days:

5. “I want to be a cat for Halloween. Can you get me a cat costume? I know I wanted to be a Zombie Vampire Devil yesterday. But now I want to be a cat. Puuuhhhhlleeeazzze can you get me a cat costume.” – Shorty #1

4. “We need more decorations.” – Shorty #1

3. “This Halloween I want to be a Bumble Bee. Next Halloween I want to be Spiderman.” – Shorty #2 who will clearly be disappointed when she realizes that successive Halloweens take place exactly one year apart.

2. “We don’t have enough decorations. Can we go to the store and buy more?” – Shorty #1

And the #1 most heard phrase at our house these days:

1. “Is TODAY Halloween???” – Shorty #1 and #2

I’m continuously searching for a delicate way to explain that we have another two whole weeks of waiting!

We’re invited to a Gala on Friday night. Which is lovely. But no one can tell me what the expected dress code would be for said Gala. I’m thinking then its perfectly acceptable to wear my fave Smythe blazer, jeans and heels. RIGHT? Please say yes.

Otherwise, its just life. Day to day busy that all of you are experiencing too. So just know that I love that you still come visit The R&R Mom and I love that you still care. I promise that as soon as I can get my shit together and come up with a brilliant thing to write about, you’ll be the first to know.

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Enough with all the “Retrograde” action. Thanks Mercury, you’re great.

Ok – is it just me, or is this whole “Mercury in Retrograde” something new? Yeah, yeah, I know its not NEW NEW. Maybe its just life in the era of social media that I just feel like I’m hearing about it all the time. Seriously, up until like a year ago I never really knew what the deal was with Mercury – but now it seems like every 8-12 weeks we’re being warned to gird our loins in anticipation of some f&*ked up planetary alignment thingy that’s going to wreak total havoc on all the important stuff we have to do for the next month or so.

A friend wrote on Facebook recently “I wish I never knew about Mercury” and I think she has a point. Is it like a placebo effect. Maybe I am programming things to go wrong during these dark times on the astrological calendar just because I am expecting that they will? Or is the shit truly hitting the fan because of the stars. Who’s right? Hell, how am I supposed to know. But I’ll tell you, the last 3 times I’ve known about Mercury being Retrograde, its been a bit of hairy ride. All sorts of crazy things as simple as messed up paperwork at the office to collapsed real estate deals have gone down while Mercury has been Retrograding.

Truthfully – what the hell is retrograde anyways? Does it meant that Mercury is really into John Hughes movies and Duran Duran? That would really suck to have a real estate deal collapse because of Duran Duran. Stop living in the past Mercury so I can get my shit together NOW (and not in like 10 days from now). I’m too busy for your shenanigans!

Perhaps ignorance can be bliss, don’t you think?

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Hi! I wanted to apologize for the long stretch of radio silence. Looks like it will be a little while before I can get back to posting as I’d like. A little career fun is adding to the chaos and I’m working around the clock. I promise to get back to posting once the dust settles.

xoxoxo

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